The Musician

The biggest news story in South Africa right now is how banks manipulated the rand. People on X are angry, and they want you to be angry as well. They are also angry at the media for underreporting this news story, but does this cry for the media to cover this story show that actually people rely on the media?

Prof Lumumba invited South African opposition leader Julius Malema to the opening of Likunya University's Pan African Institute. Julius Malema criticised President Ruto. Ruto's deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, took issue with this.

Priddy Ugly is fighting Cassper Nyovest. I learn more about his music.

HiiTay HiiLiife is a versatile Hip hop artist who also does rock and pop. In this episode, we talk about: How he came up with his name. He says it was a way for him to stay away from the negativity. He talked about how Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole are some of his favourite musicians. I asked him: ‘Do you like Kendrick Lamar because you’re young?’ You should listen to the podcast to hear HiiTay’s answer, but in the process of answering, he said that he had just turned thirty. How did HiiTay get into music? His grandmother and uncle pushed him into playing the piano, he says, and when it came to what’s the best song he’s created, he mentioned ‘Beautiful Suicide’, which makes me think: I should look up ‘Beautiful Suicide’ on Spotify, or wherever I can get it, and give it a listen. I also did something amazing, hey, on this podcast: I played his song ‘What I Need’. And what’s even more amazing is that I asked him how he felt me playing his song. Oh, God! You should listen to this podcast! ‘Cause, look… he talked about who produced the song… a song he made for his girlfriend. ‘I’m not the kind of person who cries over things,’ he said on the podcast. Then – come along, reader – we talked about how he’ll be going to Connecticut next week and how in 2023, he’ll be part of the New York Fashion Week. I also asked him about the state of the music scene in the United States. He said there was a lot of talent, about the only challenges (or challenges) being gatekeepers. At the end of the podcast, HiiTay had a message for you, the reader of this awesome website. The podcast is available on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and wherever you get your awesome podcasts. P.S. If you want to be featured on the podcast, please let me know via email. My email is in the podcast description.

I think Cassper Nyovest is the king of gimmicks, but that’s just me. Others think he’s a marketing genius. Previously, he’s fought Slik Talk and Naak Musiq. Now it’s Priddy Ugly’s turn to enter into the arena. Good for him, I think. Come October 1, he wants to knock the arrogance out of the ‘Phumakim’ hitmaker.

'My Sweetie' is the new song by Flavour. Not the best. But that's cool. I talk about the musician and I also encourage upcoming musicians to get in touch with me so I can feature their music on my podcast and website.

I’ve talked about companies that have decided to stop doing business with/in Russia. Here, I want to talk about those that have not cut ties with Russia as of 5 March 2022: McDonald’s tops the list as it’s trending on American Twitter. Other companies are: Burger King, PepsiCo, Coca Cola and Estee Lauder. Hilary Russ, a writer with Reuters, writes about New York state pension’s fund chief sending several letters to companies that are yet to cut ties with Russia: Mondelez International, Kimberly-Clark Corp, Coty Inc, Trimble Inc and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.

What if what you knew about Russia and the USSR was wrong?  I talk about Russia, USSR and the African National Congress in this podcast.  This is one of my episodes on the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Is radio dead or Twitter Spaces is a fad? 

Lungile Mfeka is a freelance writer based in South Africa.  She recently started a company offering freelance writing services.  In this episode, the first of the lungsta gangsta podcast, our host L. Sojini spoke to this freelance writer. 

The editor of The Profile and host of Radio sits down with poetess Wam Xotongo.  Wam is a student at Rhodes University, and she writes poetry. She talks about how she started and what pushes her to write.  She also reads three of her poems during the interview. 

I take a look at why Nelson Mandela's five year term was inspiring in a world full of dictators.